Starting Beekeeping as a Hobby or Business
A lot of people don’t know how to start beekeeping, and which is the reason you are here on this page. As you know beekeeping is very exciting activity. It is enjoyable and you can enjoy tasty, natural honey.
And you don’t need to make a huge investment. You can make money with the honey you produce and start your own business.
So what should i know and where to start?
Obliviously you need to know seasonal cycles. Planning the time is very important. The nector flow depends of seasonal change in weather patterns. So make you know you’re regions seasonal cycles.
The second thing to know is the bee hive. There are many hives out there such as simple package hives, fixed-comb hive, movable hives, and many more.
Next step is to select appropriate location of your hives or hives if you have more then one. Make sure you protect it from insects such as ants and toads by setting up hives on stands and cutting of grass and weeds. If you are putting more than one hive, make sure you spread them apart because this can confuse bees. And this may lead to easy spreading of diseases.
Next step is to get proper equipment. You will need beekeeping gear and especially veil, it should cover full face and neck, which can be made of plastic screen of mosquito nets or metal screen or you can use nylon mesh. Also smoker is very useful to control bees.
The last step is getting the honey bees. You can get honey bees from other beekeepers, or purchase them. Place bees in hives and let them build a colony and wait for honey. The bees will then start producing honey, natural honey! Also if you want sell it to make profit.
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